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Golf with Shanks (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Now that Michelle Wie has withdrawn from the final event of the 2009 LPGA Season due to a worsening ankle injury, it is a good time for evaluation. The problem most people face in doing so, however, is dealing with their own pre-conceived notions of how they think she should have performed. Wie is perhaps the poster child for unrealistic expectations. The blame can be spread around to many sources...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
OSHKOSH, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) announced today that it is working with the city of Oshkosh on plans to expand the Company’s manufacturing facilities in Oshkosh, Wis. Oshkosh Corporation and the city of Oshkosh have been in good faith discussions since April 2009 on assistance from the city through the creation of a new tax increment financing (TIF) district. The...
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The Street (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
How Oshkosh learned to stop worrying and love the war in Afghanistan: The Wisconsin company banks on military contracts to defend itself against the recession.
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trucks world news (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Natural Resources Defense Council questions Long Beach settlement with ATA Los Angeles,CAL,USA - The Journal of Commerce Online, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Nov 18, 2009: -- The Natural Resources Defense Council is asking the Long Beach City Council to review the Oct. 19 settlement reached by the Port of Long Beach and the American Trucking Associations involving the port's clean truck program.. . David Pettit...
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
NEW DELHI, INDIA (MARKET WIRE) Wallstsense.com is an online community with a dedicated team of analysts who are providing free in-depth research on North American equities. Our analysts have issued complimentary analysis on the following six companies: Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA), Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: HOT), DR Horton Inc. (NYSE: DHI), ION Geophysical Corporation (NYSE: IO),...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Scania’s new R-series range of trucks has been selected as the International Truck of the Year 2010, the most prestigious distinction in the European truck industry. The jury’s statement cites the aerodynamic design of the R-series, operational economy and the unique support system that spurs the driver to adopt more efficient driving...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oshkosh Defence will showcase their vehicle armouring capabilities at International Armoured Vehicles taking place on the 1st to the 5th February, at the ExCel Centre, London. As calls across the globe for improved equipment to be provided to troops in Afghanistan, Oshkosh have received significant praise from the U.S Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, who claims that Oshkosh’s...
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JSOnline (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
As Oshkosh Corp. engages in one of the most impressive military-vehicle production efforts since World War II, questions remain about whether the company will keep a $3 billion contract to build trucks for the Army.
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trucks world news (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Green Bay,WIS,USA - ABC 2WBAY -Nov 13, 2009: -- Oshkosh Defense received another military contract Friday, but this one is a bit different from the previous headline-makers... The U.S. Army contract, valued at $20 million, calls for 40 heavy equipment transporters to be built and sent to Egypt ... The specially-designed trucks are able to rapidly deploy tanks and armored vehicles as well as their six-person...
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trucks world news (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
The Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports at Port of Long Beach Urge Port Commissioners to Stop Appeasing Powerful Trucking Polluters Los Angeles,CAL,USA - Maritime Global Net –15 Nov 2009: -- A major news development will be announced by a broad coalition of harbor area residents, port truck drivers, environmentalists, and labor activists at a rally on Monday at the Port of Long Beach . The news,...
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trucks world news (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Blasting their horns while driving past City Hall , more than 400 big-rig drivers try to draw attention to new environmental rules that they say threaten their livelihoods Los Angeles,CAL,USA - The Los Angeles Times, by Seema Mehta -November 14, 2009: -- Hundreds of protesting truck drivers slowed traffic Friday on the 710 Freeway and blasted their horns while driving past Los Angeles City Hall to...
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The Business Journal of Milwaukee (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Oshkosh Corp. said Friday that it has received a $20 million order to supply more than 40 heavy equipment transporters and trailers for use by the U.S. Army in Egypt. (OSK)
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trucks world news (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Villeneuve-la-Garenne,France - AP, by EMMA VANDORE -11 Nov 2009: -- From his upstairs office, Jerome Frantz can hear the delivery trucks as they rumble into the yard of the auto parts business his grandfather founded 90 years ago... In better times, each day Frantz would have as many as 60 big trucks pulling into the forecourt of Frantz Electrolyse just outside Paris , loaded with metal parts to be...
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trucks world news (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
New York,NY,USA - Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Nov 11, 2009: -- In trucking’s not-so-distant past, the third and fourth quarters of the year represented a “peak season” of sorts for freight volumes as retailers stocked their shelves ahead of the Christmas holiday. Yet that healthy annual bump in shipments has largely disappeared, due in part to changing consumer buying habits and,...
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Sify (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Navistar International Corp. recently received a $48.6 million contract from the Army for 181 recovery trucks, the Pentagon said late Thursday.